James MacPherson in Pensacola

When Governor George Johnston arrived in Pensacola, West Florida, in 1764, accompanying him was James MacPherson, whose published Ossian ballads and books, would dominate American libraries and homes and influence countless Americans and Englishmen including Thomas Jefferson.   An excellent account is Valentina Bold's "Rude Bard of the North" published in the Journal of American Folklore, v. 114, no. 454 (Autumn 2001), pp. 464-477.   Personality-wise, he was not popular and David Hume wrote that when he left Pensacola in 1765, Hume hoped the trip would go through the lands of the Chickasaws and Creeks so that the Indians could "tame and civilize him." (!)